2. Who We Are
  3. Our Business Structure
  4. Our Brands
  5. Our Opportunities
  6. Our Recruitment Method
  7. Whats Cooking
  8. Our Way
  9. Our Impact
  10. Do More Foundation
  11. Our Wins

Management Trainees

Here’s some food for thought: Would you rather eat a stale cheese sandwich, or a fresh soft taco served with juicy beef steak, hummus, caramelised onion, feta and toasted corn salsa?

We think we know your answer.

At RCL FOODS, we believe variety is the spice of life, and we’ve got the perfect mix of essential ingredients to create your recipe for career success! No stale cheese sandwiches here. We’re all about adding quality, tasty career ingredients to help you craft your recipe for a successful future.

Like the taste of that?
Pea pod

Join our Management Trainee Programme
and craft your career recipe for success

We’re giving graduates in South Africa the opportunity to develop their unique recipe for success in their professional journey

Our Management Trainee Programme offers exceptional development opportunities to self-motivated, talented individuals who are full of flavour, enabling them to achieve a successful future.

Through a fast-paced, accelerated learning environment, Management Trainees will receive essential career ingredients from their trainers. They’ll receive the development training, experience and mentorship needed to take them to leadership levels within RCL FOODS.

Our aggressive fast track development programme is the perfect entree for career success, forming an integral part of building our future RCL FOODS leadership pipeline, by preparing graduates to take on leadership roles within 4 to 5 years.

MushroomsYour Future starts here

DISCOVER OUR OPPORTUNITIES HERE!

Research and Development Research and Development
Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering
Customer Customer
Marketing Marketing
Internal Audit Internal Audit
Human Resources Human Resources

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 30 August 2022 

Step 1

Step 1: ONLINE APPLICATION
PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES
Complete a questionnaire and upload your CV and academic transcripts.

Step 2

Step 2: GAMIFIED ASSESSMENT AND VIDEO INTERVIEW
PREPARATION TIME: 20 MINUTES EACH
Complete mobile enabled assessments as well as a recorded video interview.

Step 3

Step 3: CASE STUDY AND INTERVIEW
PREPARATION TIME: 1 DAY
Complete a business case study and take part in a panel interview with RCL FOODS.

Step 4

Step 4: SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES SHORTLISTED
PREPARATION TIME: 3-5 DAYS AFTER CASE STUDY
If selected as one of the final candidates, pre-employment checks will be requested by our recruitment team.

Step 5

Step 5: OFFER PREPARED
Once checks are prepared, our recruitment team will prepare an offer.

Step 6

Step 6: YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE
Start crafting your recipe for success!

Our recruitment method
Check out whats cooking Check out whats cooking

0 10186 Country wide applicants

55 466 468 2561 275 563 546 294 4958

Choose a province

Choose a province above to see how many other trainees have applied for the career of your choice.

KwaZulu-Natal

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 253
  2. Industrial Engineering 83
  3. Chemical Engineering 203
  4. Customer 711
  5. Marketing 319
  6. Internal Audit 257
  7. Human Resources 360
  8. Research & Development 375

Gauteng

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 323
  2. Industrial Engineering 247
  3. Chemical Engineering 296
  4. Customer 1320
  5. Marketing 621
  6. Internal Audit 671
  7. Human Resources 771
  8. Research & Development 709

Western Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 35
  2. Industrial Engineering 10
  3. Chemical Engineering 51
  4. Customer 97
  5. Marketing 51
  6. Internal Audit 44
  7. Human Resources 82
  8. Research & Development 96

Northern Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 07
  2. Industrial Engineering 03
  3. Chemical Engineering 03
  4. Customer 11
  5. Marketing 06
  6. Internal Audit 05
  7. Human Resources 10
  8. Research & Development 10

Eastern Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 29
  2. Industrial Engineering 13
  3. Chemical Engineering 09
  4. Customer 147
  5. Marketing 53
  6. Internal Audit 43
  7. Human Resources 113
  8. Research & Development 61

Free State

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 36
  2. Industrial Engineering 12
  3. Chemical Engineering 10
  4. Customer 53
  5. Marketing 43
  6. Internal Audit 27
  7. Human Resources 45
  8. Research & Development 49

Mpumalanga

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 67
  2. Industrial Engineering 19
  3. Chemical Engineering 43
  4. Customer 114
  5. Marketing 66
  6. Internal Audit 72
  7. Human Resources 82
  8. Research & Development 83

North West Province

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 19
  2. Industrial Engineering 08
  3. Chemical Engineering 20
  4. Customer 77
  5. Marketing 33
  6. Internal Audit 28
  7. Human Resources 54
  8. Research & Development 55

Limpopo

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 32
  2. Industrial Engineering 21
  3. Chemical Engineering 40
  4. Customer 141
  5. Marketing 68
  6. Internal Audit 64
  7. Human Resources 88
  8. Research & Development 109
Want some more?

We need management trainees who will be
MORE Brave, MORE Curious and MORE Open while having MORE Fun!

PS more fun, it's contagious

Because any thing less won’t achieve more.

Our recipe for success is best served with a big dollop of action!


It’s only with the perfect mix of essential ingredients and the flavour for MORE that creates the recipe for success in your career.

More Impact

For the greatest impact, you need to face the brutal facts and clear the biggest hurdles.

More Brave

Have the courage to do the right thing. Make bold bold decisions. Learn from your mistakes.

More Open

Be generous with knowledge. Value the views of others, regardless of who they are.

More Speed

Speed and simplicity go hand in hand, so be clear, stay lean, go fast!

More You

Be yourself. Be authentic. Be MORE you

DISCOVER OTHERS ON THE JOURNEY WITH YOU

Our wins
1

Top Employer: We have been certified as a Top Employer by the Top Employer Institute for 2020.

2

RCL FOODS is one of the first companies to receive recognition for participating in the Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S.) Programme

3

LinkedIn: We have been recognized as the Best Talent Acquisition team for South Africa in the above 500 employees’ category at the 2018 & 2019 South African LinkedIn Talent Awards.

4

SAGEA: We have won silver for the best Digital Campaign at the 2019 South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

5

SAGEA: We have won silver for the best Integrated Campaign (up to 20 graduates) at the 2019 South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

6

SAGEA: We have won Gold for Best Integrated Campaign 2021, less than 15 graduates at the South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

RECRUITMENT FRAUD WARNING

Criminal syndicates claiming to be RCL FOODS are fraudulently attempting to apply for credit, invite tender applications and ‘recruit’ on our behalf (for a fee). Please be aware that we will never contact a supplier or prospective supplier via SMS or social media to invite them to tender, nor would RCL FOODS- or organisations acting on our behalf –ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process.

Please report any suspicious activity to the SAPS and call our Tip-offs Anonymous hotline on 0800 00 3224